Guttmacher Institute

HIV incidence among 13‒24-year-old males who have sex with males has risen in recent years, and this age-group represents half of all individuals whose HIV infections are undiagnosed. Yet, it has been difficult for public health programs to develop effective HIV-related services for young sexual...

By the early 1990s, AIDS had reached epidemic proportions in the United States—touching nearly every corner of society, including adolescents. Education efforts focused on young people were launched to help control the spread of the disease among that population, and researchers began to...

In 1969, an article in the journal’s very first issue examined the legality of providing contraceptives and treatment for venereal disease to U.S. minors—those younger than 18—particularly if they were unmarried. At a time when the limited availability of such services for minors was a growing...

What was commonly believed: In the 1970s and 1980s, teenage males were often viewed as “sexual adventurers,” or “roving inseminators,” who typically sought to have many partners and relished the pursuit of sexual conquests.

What the...